alarm bell vs warning sign

alarm bell

noun
  • A sudden awareness of danger. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alarm, bell. 

warning sign

noun
  • An indication that someone or something is in danger or at risk 

  • A sign that indicates a danger, for example to vehicles on a road or of hazardous chemicals. 

How often have the words alarm bell and warning sign occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )